Song of the West

Mlynářka z Granady

December 1975 •Czech

No, No, Nanette

January 1930 •English

A bible publisher is falling in love with a chorus girl and finds himself backing a Broadway show.

The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow

January 2015 •English

Renée Fleming lights up the Met stage as Hanna Glawari, the fabulously wealthy widow of the title in Lehár’s beloved operetta, set in Paris and seen in a glittering production directed and choreographed by Broadway’s Susan Stroman. Nathan Gunn is Danilo, Hanna’s former flame, who is supposed to woo and marry her in order to keep her fortune in their home country of Pontevedro. Kelli O’Hara sings Valencienne, the flirtatious young wife of the Pontevedrian ambassador in Paris, Baron Zeta, played by Thomas Allen, and Alek Shrader is her suitor, Camille. Andrew Davis conducts the waltz-rich score, and the new English translation is by Jeremy Sams.

The Good Companions

February 1933 •English

Film musical taken from JB Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.

Melodie sněžných hor

February 1976 •Czech

Dobrodruh a kavalír

May 1975 •Czech

Tabákový kapitán

January 1984 •Czech

Läderlappen

December 1995 •Swedish

As revenge for being humiliated at a masquerade ball Dr. Falke plays a trick on Gabriel von Eisenstein.

Orfeus v podsvětí

January 1980 •Czech

Pericola

January 1979 •Slovak

Země úsměvů

January 1986 •Czech

Polská krev

December 1979 •Czech

Giuditta

January 1982 •Czech

Paganini

January 1982 •Czech

Torch Singer

September 1933 •English

When she can't support her illegitimate child, an abandoned young woman puts her up for adoption and pursues a career as a torch singer. Years later, she searches for the child she gave up.

Murder at the Vanities

May 1934 •English

Shortly before the curtain goes up the first time at the latest performance of Earl Carroll's Vanities, someone is attempting to injure the leading lady Ann Ware, who wants to marry leading man Eric Lander. Stage manager Jack Ellery calls in his friend, policeman Bill Murdock, to help him investigate. Bill thinks Jack is offering to let him see the show from an unusual viewpoint after he forgot to get him tickets for the performance, but then they find the corpse of a murdered woman and Bill immediately suspects Eric of the crime.

Servants' Entrance

September 1934 •English

Heiress Hedda Nillson certain that her family is about to lose all its money, takes a job as a maid. After the usual trials and tribulations, Hedda falls in love with humble chauffeur Eric Landstrom.

The Flame of Love

March 1930 •English

A Chinese troupe star and the Grand Duke's adjutant fall in love, to tensions from both sides' respective comrades.

Bandité

April 1985 •Czech

Giroflé-Giroflá

March 1991 •Czech